The 2.0 lives (cont'd)

[roccolister@hotmail.com (Craig Williams)]

I just had a horrible thought. I'm not sure it could be done, but could I
have installed the thermostat backwards? And if so, would that cause it to
not open up? I sure hope I didn't do this to you, Jeff. If I did, then I owe
you one.

-- Craig Williams
1981 Scirocco S 2008cc 16V (As seen in 01-01 Sport Compact Car) 15.114 @ 91
MPH
2001 Passat Wagon, 1.8t (For the Wife and Son)
2000 Saab Viggen (20 psi, Turbo charged monster)15.047 @ 94 MPH
Northern California, USA

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
To: T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: The 2.0 lives (cont'd)


> I burped the block just like everyone told me to. Water into both the
> radiator and the block until full - plus some into the reservoir. And the
> top of the radiator still wouldn't get hot....That's why I reasoned it was
> the thermostat. So annoyed - espcially after Craig warned me about this
very
> problem....
>
> trying to source the hose (ETKA rev. 520, 20-00, part 13).
>
> JT
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Berk" <tberk@mindspring.com>
> To: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:43 PM
> Subject: Re: The 2.0 lives (cont'd)
>
>
> > Jeff Toomasson wrote:
> > >
> > > Well - I thought things were looking up. I found the hose (90' from
> > > side of head to heater core) that ruptured and as luck would have it,
> > > it was the only one stocked by our local specialty parts house. So I
> > > thought things were looking up.
> > >
> > > Get home, get the hose in after messing with the damn spring clamp for
> > > way longer than necessary, fill it, run it. Still no fan. So I shut it
> > > off. I determined that's it my brand new low temp thermostat because
> > > the top of the radiator was not hot. Answer me this: why can't new
> > > parts work properly? Especially when the housing that part rests in is
> > > buried behind a stubborn power steering pump! Worse yet, I notice that
> > > the hose just next to the one I just replaced is now leaking. The same
> > > offset-sized-ends hose that only the dealer is supposed to carry, but
> > > the two dealers I called today don't stock. So much for driving it to
> > > work tomorrow...
> > >
> > > As I write this now in a tired stupor, I flashback to just
> > > about every COPS episode:
> > >
> > > "Back away from the car, sir.....SIR! BACK AWAY FROM THE CAR!"
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeff, your Fan maybe OK. If the Thermostat in the bottom of the Rad
> > isn't getting Hot Water then it wont open, neither it nor the Thermo
> > Switch controlling the fan can be faulted if there is air in the block.
> >
> > Pull the Upper rad hose and be sure to pour coolant down from above into
> > the motor.
> >
> > TBerk
>
>
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